LG-4632: Mark backup codes as "Least secure" to discourage use #5148
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aduth
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| less_secure_label: Less secure | ||
| more_secure_label: More Secure | ||
| most_secure_label: Most Secure |
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I wonder why i18n-tasks unused doesn't flag this 🤔 It doesn't appear to match any of our currently ignored patterns. I don't think it's much of a problem; just wouldn't want to be surprised by spontaneous build failures in the future 😅
anniehirshman-gsa
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As a user, when presented with the choice of MFA options, I want to know that Backup Codes are considered the least secure option, so that if I'm given the choice between Phone and Backup Codes, I'm not motivated to choose Backup Codes out of convenience absent any indication they're considered relatively less secure.
This is an action item out of the analysis of LG-3791, where it was discovered that we saw an uptick in selections of "Backup Code" as an MFA option after we had changed the label of "Phone" to be described as equally "Less Secure". Since we consider Phone to be relatively more secure than Backup Codes, we should avoid presenting them as equally secure.
To do this, we changed the label of Backup Codes to "Least Secure". We also refreshed the translation of all labels, with the resulting screens shown below: